Hampshire

English

Etymology

English ham + shire (county), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English Hamtunscīr. The 'p' evolved phonetically between [m] and [sh], as with Thom'p'son.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhæmpʃɪə/, IPA^(key): /ˈhæmpʃə(ɹ)/

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Proper noun

Hampshire

1. A maritime county in the south of England bordered by Berkshire, Surrey, West Sussex, Dorset, Wiltshire, the English Channel and the Solent separating it from the Isle of Wight; the county town is Winchester.

Synonyms

• Hamptonshire (dated)
• Southamptonshire (dated)
• County of Southampton (dated)
• Hants (abbreviation)

Derived terms

• East Hampshire
• Hampshire County
• Hampshirite
• New Hampshire

Translations

county in the south of England

• Arabic: هامبشير
• Belarusian: Хэ́мпшыр m (Xémpšyr)
• Bulgarian: Хампшър m (Hampšǎr)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 咸普郡

  Mandarin: 漢普郡／汉普郡

• Hebrew: המפשייר
• Japanese: ハンプシャー (Hanpushā)
• Korean: 햄프셔 주 (haempeusyeo ju)
• Latin: Hantonia
• Latvian: Hempšīra
• Lithuanian: Hampšyras
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• Marathi: हँपशायर (hĕmpśāyar)
• Old English: Hāmtūnscīr
• Persian: همپشر
• Polish: Hampshire (pl) m
• Russian: Гэмпшир m (Gɛmpšir)
• Thai: แฮมป์เชอร์ (haem-cher)
• Ukrainian: Гемпшир m (Hempšyr)
• Urdu: ہیمپشائر
• Uyghur: Xampishir
• Western Panjabi: ہیمپشائر
• Yiddish: האַמפּשיר (hampshir)